[RFC][PATCH 6/6] x86/entry: Remove DBn stacks

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Thu May 28 2020 - 16:24:40 EST


Both #DB itself, as all other IST users (NMI, #MC) now clear DR7 on
entry. Combined with not allowing breakpoints on entry/noinstr/NOKPROBE
text and no single step (EFLAGS.TF) inside the #DB handler should
guarantee us no nested #DB.

XXX depends on KGDB breakpoints not being stupid

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S | 13 -------------
arch/x86/include/asm/cpu_entry_area.h | 6 ------
arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_64.c | 3 ---
arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c | 3 ---
arch/x86/mm/cpu_entry_area.c | 1 -
5 files changed, 26 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
@@ -396,11 +396,6 @@ SYM_CODE_END(\asmsym)
idtentry \vector asm_\cfunc \cfunc has_error_code=0
.endm

-/*
- * MCE and DB exceptions
- */
-#define CPU_TSS_IST(x) PER_CPU_VAR(cpu_tss_rw) + (TSS_ist + (x) * 8)
-
/**
* idtentry_mce_db - Macro to generate entry stubs for #MC and #DB
* @vector: Vector number
@@ -445,16 +440,8 @@ SYM_CODE_START(\asmsym)

movq %rsp, %rdi /* pt_regs pointer */

- .if \vector == X86_TRAP_DB
- subq $DB_STACK_OFFSET, CPU_TSS_IST(IST_INDEX_DB)
- .endif
-
call \cfunc

- .if \vector == X86_TRAP_DB
- addq $DB_STACK_OFFSET, CPU_TSS_IST(IST_INDEX_DB)
- .endif
-
jmp paranoid_exit

/* Switch to the regular task stack and use the noist entry point */
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu_entry_area.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu_entry_area.h
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@
char DF_stack[EXCEPTION_STKSZ]; \
char NMI_stack_guard[guardsize]; \
char NMI_stack[EXCEPTION_STKSZ]; \
- char DB2_stack_guard[guardsize]; \
- char DB2_stack[db2_holesize]; \
- char DB1_stack_guard[guardsize]; \
- char DB1_stack[EXCEPTION_STKSZ]; \
char DB_stack_guard[guardsize]; \
char DB_stack[EXCEPTION_STKSZ]; \
char MCE_stack_guard[guardsize]; \
@@ -42,8 +38,6 @@ struct cea_exception_stacks {
enum exception_stack_ordering {
ESTACK_DF,
ESTACK_NMI,
- ESTACK_DB2,
- ESTACK_DB1,
ESTACK_DB,
ESTACK_MCE,
N_EXCEPTION_STACKS
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets_64.c
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ int main(void)
BLANK();
#undef ENTRY

- OFFSET(TSS_ist, tss_struct, x86_tss.ist);
- DEFINE(DB_STACK_OFFSET, offsetof(struct cea_exception_stacks, DB_stack) -
- offsetof(struct cea_exception_stacks, DB1_stack));
BLANK();

#ifdef CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack_64.c
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
static const char * const exception_stack_names[] = {
[ ESTACK_DF ] = "#DF",
[ ESTACK_NMI ] = "NMI",
- [ ESTACK_DB2 ] = "#DB2",
- [ ESTACK_DB1 ] = "#DB1",
[ ESTACK_DB ] = "#DB",
[ ESTACK_MCE ] = "#MC",
};
@@ -79,7 +77,6 @@ static const
struct estack_pages estack_pages[CEA_ESTACK_PAGES] ____cacheline_aligned = {
EPAGERANGE(DF),
EPAGERANGE(NMI),
- EPAGERANGE(DB1),
EPAGERANGE(DB),
EPAGERANGE(MCE),
};
--- a/arch/x86/mm/cpu_entry_area.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/cpu_entry_area.c
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ static void __init percpu_setup_exceptio
*/
cea_map_stack(DF);
cea_map_stack(NMI);
- cea_map_stack(DB1);
cea_map_stack(DB);
cea_map_stack(MCE);
}